Ventricular Fibrillation

• Total lack of organized ventricular depolarization causing cardiopulmonary arrest and death.

Causes

Cardiac or systemic pathology, Electrolyte disturbances, Electric Shock, Untreated ventricular tachycardia, Hypoxia etc.

ECG Appearance: Wavy baseline without any sign of an organized P, QRS, or T wave

Treatment

Small Animals

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: electrical defibrillation, open-chest cardiac massage, intratracheal lidocaine

Large Animals

• Rarely detected in large animals before death

• There is no treatment for large animals with this condition